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OverviewA ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking. One thing in my defence, not that it matters: I know what ‘nothing’ means, and keep on playing Somewhere out beyond Hollywood, hollowed-out actress Maria Wyeth’s life plays out in a numbing routine of perpetual freeway driving. In her early thirties, divorced from her husband, dislocated from friends, anesthetized to pain and pleasure, Wheth is a woman who has run out of both desires and motives – the epitome of a generation made ill by too much freedom. More than five decades after its original publication, Play it as it Lays remains a profoundly disturbing novel that ruthlessly dissects American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The White Album and The Year of Magical Thinking. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joan DidionPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.160kg ISBN: 9780008706166ISBN 10: 0008706166 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 23 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviews‘She writes with a razor.’ New York Times ‘A pioneer of New Journalism, she brilliantly chronicled America’s cultural and political life.’ Guardian ‘Didion's mordant lucidity is like L.A. sunlight, a thing so bright sometimes it hurts.’ Time PRAISE FOR THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING 'Her poetic writing has a spell-like charm that is profoundly affecting.' Observer 'this brave book maps a year…when the world flipped over to expose the underside of cool where things go bad.’ The Times 'The subject may be bleak, but her tender treatment makes it a book that we should all read.' Daily Mail Author InformationJoan Didion is one of America’s most respected writers, her work constituting some of the greatest portraits of modern-day American culture. Over the four decades of her career, she has produced widely-acclaimed journalistic essays, personal essays, novels, non-fiction, memoir and screenplays. Her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking won the National Book Award in 2005. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |